Unhealthy Behavior

[ladysprite]

Lots of people have habits that are unhealthy or dangereous for them. Some people smoke, or drink to excess, or take dangerous drugs. Some people drive recklessly, or self-injure, or repeatedly become involved with inappropriate and harmful people.

Some people - say, some smallish redheads with body-image issues, who are already having trouble dealing with four months of decreased activity and are looking towards at least a week of intensive forced rest, spend the day before their surgery watching VH-1's all-day marathon of 'America's Next Top Model' and baking oatmeal cookies.

The cookies make sense, at least. Being off my feet or on crutches for the next two weeks means I won't be spending much time in the kitchen, so indulging myself once before then seemed like a good thing to do, and I have long touted the magical healing powers of the mystic combination of butter, flour, and brown sugar. The tv show, on the other hand, I really can't justify.

I don't even really like the show. I have no idea why I've been watching it. It has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It's a bunch of skinny bland generigirls pouting, whimpering about how hard it is to be pretty, and attempting to philosophise while hampered by their utter lack of any ability to conceptualize.

I have been told before, by some rather forceful people, that I am not allowed to watch this show. All it does is frustrate me and leave me with the overwhelming desire to measure the circumference of my thighs. And under normal, sane circumstances I would have no desire to watch this show. I hate it. I know it's bad for me. I click past it, and then somehow against my better judgement, the remote control forces me to change back to it, and the sofa grabs onto me and I can't get up, and I can't look away.

At least today I have the excuse of trying to distract myself from tomorrow's procedure. Not that I have any reason to worry - it's an incredibly simple, short surgery, and I'll only be under anesthesia for half an hour or so. It's not even real surgery, I'm not getting significantly cut open. I should be back to normal in a week. I shouldn't be worrying. I shouldn't be burning the bottoms of my oatmeal cookies. I shouldn't be watching another episode of this ridiculous train wreck of a TV show.

I wonder who's going to be eliminated this round.

I wonder what the average BMI of the contestants is.

I wonder if I'll have time to lose fifteen pounds before Hawaii.

I wonder just how stupid I'm being.

I wonder what else is on.....

Comments

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

Dear One, you have something they will never have, a BRAIN. Stop and think for a few minutes, you do not need to lose 15 pounds before Hawaii, or any where else.

[redfishie.livejournal.com]

you don't need to lose weight, most of those girls need to gain some. I watch that show occasionally and think about beauty mores in culutre through history and how many of them would be ugly by other time period's standards.

[gyzki.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I'll have time to lose fifteen pounds before Hawaii.

My god, woman, where from?!? Maybe five or ten, if you really spend a whole week off your feet, but trying to lose 15 would be wrong, unnecessary, and possibly even dangerous.

Would you like about 20 hours of Wagner's Ring cycle on DVD? More nourishing for your soul than amount of "Next Top Model."

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

OK, people are paying good money to see you do a striptease with a snake. They think you are attractive as is. No matter what your current body image is, you are a rather attractive woman. Spend the time recovering, do not add stress to your body by dieting excessively at the same time.

[new-man.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I'll have time to lose fifteen pounds before Hawaii.

Yes, you. Amputate one of your limbs. It'll be faster and it's just as attractive and just as beneficial as you actually trying to lose that weight.

Don't make me come over there. Because I will.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Amputate one of your limbs. It'll be faster and it's just as attractive and just as beneficial as you actually trying to lose that weight.

What he said.

[jiggliusceasar.livejournal.com]

Saru-chan votes for the current version of her veterinatian, who is an attractive real human rather than a pencil in a lab coat.

[edschweppe.livejournal.com]

I wonder if I'll have time to lose fifteen pounds before Hawaii.
I'm sure there are plenty of online gambling websites in the United Kingdom who will happily let you drop fifteen pounds on them.

It's not even real surgery, I'm not getting significantly cut open.
Far be it from me to try and disagree with a medical professional, but when you're getting cut open, it qualifies as real surgery in my book.

GoodThoughts(tm) are wending their way Becky-ward for surgery that is as simple and short as advertised.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

You already know all the things I want to say, so I'm going to just let you remember them instead of repeating them here. I really wish I could just take you in my arms and hug you for a long time, until the bad thoughts would go away.

[surakofb5.livejournal.com]

Good grief, lose 15 pounds from *where*? You're a toothpick already. If you lost weight, you would blow away in a stiff breeze.

I agree, you should not be allowed to watch that show.

[thatwasjen]

Maybe if I nod and agree that you might lose 15 pounds before Hawaii, you'll give some of the cookies away to me. Or tell me your recipe, at least.

It is the day before your surgery? I hope it all goes as it's supposed to and you recover quickly.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

It sounds like a horrible, awful, show for anyone, not just you.

[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

And, unless you've gained 40 or 50 pounds since I saw you at Arisia, you have absolutely no need to lose weight. None at all. I'm not sure where'd you take them off... amputating a leg, maybe? Hm... you did say surgery...

[tafkad.livejournal.com]

1. The only way you can lose 15 pounds safely is by cutting off your hair.
2. Don't cut off your hair.
3. Half those girls probably suspect deep down that they should be on The Biggest Loser.

Get well soon, Becky. According to Amazon.com, your get-well present should arrive by Saturday.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Hope all goes smoothly! Keep us posted...